Year ends with coldest Dec. day in 6 years

Delhi recorded its coldest December time successful six years connected Wednesday, ending 2025 connected a biting enactment arsenic the maximum somesthesia plunged to 14.2 degrees Celsius.

Data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) showed that the past clip the metropolis recorded the lowest maximum somesthesia was connected December 31 successful 2019, erstwhile the day’s maximum had dipped to 9.4 degrees Celsius.

The maximum somesthesia was recorded astatine 14.2 degrees Celsius, astir 6.2 notches beneath normal, portion the minimum somesthesia settled astatine 6.4 degrees Celsius. “A acold time is declared erstwhile the minimum somesthesia falls beneath 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum somesthesia remains astir 4.5 degrees Celsius beneath normal,” an IMD authoritative said.

Improvement successful AQI

In 2025, Delhi recorded the lowest yearly mean aerial prime scale (AQI) successful 7 years, barring 2020, the COVID-19 year, the Commission for Air Quality Management successful the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) said connected Wednesday. The CAQM besides noted that precise debased upwind velocity coupled with unfavourable meteorological conditions during December led to a monthly mean AQI of 351.